Does anyone know where is & what happened to Joe?
Vanderbilt was my favorite character on this show!

Good question! I was wondering the same thing myself. I would think if he passed, we would have heard about it somewhere. He did such a marvelous job playing Vanderbuilt.

Joe Brooks is still with us at age 83, and contributed a short interview to the Season Two DVD set. He was interviewed off-camera, however--audio only.

Putting a guy that can barely see in the lookout tower - hillarious!